William M. Chandler

Birth Date

1829-01-16

Death Date

1885-11-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Eliza J. Chandler. Father of Martha Chandler, Mary A. Chandler, and Sarah Chandler. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Samuel Byrd as a laborer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Employed Henry Campbell as a farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Webster County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 2, p. 155B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 507.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 481A.
"William M. Chandler (1829-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #69959014, accessed December 9, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69959014.

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